The
Video Archive and Education Project is a new project initiated by the
Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes
(CIA). The project includes:

(i) A video of all the Coupe Mondiale categories and their contestants
to be kept in the CIA Archives Center housed in Ikaalinen, Finland at
the CIA Headquarters, which over the coming years will become a wealth
of historical recordings, including the premiere of many original accordion
works and the emergence of upcoming artists at the Coupe Mondiale.

(ii)
Free downloads of the performances by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners
of each Coupe Mondiale category. These will be placed online as free downloads
for the educational benefit of accordion teachers and students. The purpose
is to enable the free spread of knowledge and information and thereby
raise the levels of accordion performance and musicianship internationally.

At the conclusion of 66th Coupe Mondiale in Victoria, the top three prize
winners of the following videos will be added as a free download as they
are processed: